INTERVIEW: Mayor Of Gary, Indiana Eddie Melton Talks '2300 Jackson Street Block Party,' Trump, Joe Budden +More
The Breakfast Club
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🗓️ 1 September 2025
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Today on The Breakfast Club, Mayor Of Gary, Indiana Eddie Melton Talks '2300 Jackson Street Block Party,' Trump, Joe Budden. Listen For More!
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| 0:55.3 | Hold on every day I wake up. The Breakfast Club. You're not finished or y'all's done? Yep, it's the world most dangerous morning show The Breakfast Club. Shalameen to God, Jets Hilarious. Invy had to step out, but we got a special guest in the building. He is the mayor of Gary, Indiana. Mr. Mayor Eddie Melton. |
| 0:52.7 | How are you doing, brother? I'm blessed. I'm blessed. Thanks for having me. Thanks for having me today. Man, uh, I got to get right to it. Is the Trump administration targeting cities with black mares, man? I mean, I think it's clear based off the reports that we're seeing. You see what's happening Chicago, Baltimore, and a Threscent D.C. |
| 1:11.7 | As a black mayor in a Republican state, you know, it's definitely a concern to see something like that happen. |
| 1:17.9 | When I look at the facts, you know that the military has no arresting powers, and it's a waste of resources to put military on the ground. And it's dangerous. |
| 1:28.1 | So I agree with what's taking place from the pushback. |
| 1:32.7 | But I think the conversation has to shift what type of resources do we need to invest. |
| 1:38.0 | Housing, mental health, you know, just to help reduce overall crimes. |
| 1:42.7 | Job training programs. |
| 1:44.8 | The entire gambit. |
| 1:46.3 | Cities like Baltimore, Chicago, Birmingham, reduction of crime is happening. |
| 1:51.6 | We had a 55% reduction of homicides this year, something that we're extremely proud of. |
| 1:56.0 | So shout out to the Gary Police Department, Chief Derek Cannon for his leadership. |
| 2:00.5 | So, yeah, I'm against it, but we have to have the conversation about what do we do as a United States to invest in our people and not just in policing. |
| 2:11.1 | Can I ask you a question? What matters more, right? |
| 2:13.6 | Data are feelings. And what I mean by that is, you know, we hear these numbers about the crime statistics going down, |
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